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Resources

• www.niaid.nih.gov -- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/cfs -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• www.cfids.org -- The Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America
• www.ncfsfa.org -- National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Association
• www.aacfs.org -- American Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• www.theacpa.org -- American Chronic Pain Association
• www.ampainsoc.org -- American Pain Society
• www.iasp-pain.org -- International Association for the Study of Pain
• www.medicalacupuncture.org -- American Association of Medical Acupuncture
• www.aabt.org -- Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy

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Review Date: 1/18/2006
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital